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Loonie slides as traders await next week's rate decision
Loonie slides as traders await next week's rate decision

TORONTO, Ontario: The Canadian dollar traded near an eight-week low against the U.S. dollar on Friday as investors looked ahead to...

Techs take huge hit on Wall Street Friday
Techs take huge hit on Wall Street Friday

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stock markets suffered a brutal beating on Friday, with the tech-heavy NASDAQ leading a dramatic sell-off...

Google parent expands equity raise amid AI spending boom
Google parent expands equity raise amid AI spending boom

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Alphabet has increased the size of its planned equity offerings to US$84.75 billion, underscoring strong...

Trump administration plans fresh tariffs on key partners
Trump administration plans fresh tariffs on key partners

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Trump administration has proposed new tariffs of 10 percent or more on imports from dozens of major U.S. trading...

U.S. stocks end divided Thursday but Dow notches up huge gain
U.S. stocks end divided Thursday but Dow notches up huge gain

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks closed sharply higher on Thursday, led by a blockbuster rally in the Dow Jones Industrial Average,...

SpaceX seeks $75 billion raise in unprecedented public debut
SpaceX seeks $75 billion raise in unprecedented public debut

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Elon Musk's SpaceX is planning an unprecedented stock market debut, aiming to raise a record US$75 billion...

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Ireland set to push ahead with bill to send defense forces abroad
Ireland set to push ahead with bill to send defense forces abroad

DUBLIN, Ireland: The Government plans to move ahead with proposals to remove the triple lock system that controls overseas deployment...

Putin's Q&A with world news agency heads at SPIEF: As it happened
Putin's Q&A with world news agency heads at SPIEF: As it happened

The Russian president fielded questions on Ukraine, strategic partnerships, new weapons systems, the Middle East, and Moscow's relations...

Shubman Gill wins toss, India opts to bat in One-off Test against Afghanistan
Shubman Gill wins toss, India opts to bat in One-off Test against Afghanistan

New Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 6 (ANI): Indian skipper Shubman Gill has won the toss and opted to bat first against Afghanistan...

President Trump says MLB should institute salary cap
President Trump says MLB should institute salary cap

(Photo credit: Peter Carr/The Journal News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) With MLB possibly headed toward a labor dispute,...

President Trump wears Jordan Stolz's Olympic gold medal
President Trump wears Jordan Stolz's Olympic gold medal

Wisconsin [US], June 6 (ANI): Olympic speed skating champion Jordan Stolz shared a memorable moment with President Donald Trump during...

Trump downplays regional conflict as "practice", claims Iran talks "going quite well"
Trump downplays regional conflict as "practice", claims Iran talks "going quite well"

Wisconsin [US], June 6 (ANI): Expressing a striking confidence in the trajectory of backchannel diplomacy, US President Donald Trump...

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Testament [Blu-Ray]